On Dec 20, 6:28 am, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:
Larry L wrote:

I got a very seriously irritated look from "Mr Big Business" ... BUT ....
he was off the phone very soon after that and down at the creek. I like
to think I did him a favor, by ****ing him off. G

This is a little tangential, but your story reminds me about some things.

It might be my catholic upbringing, but I really hate when merchants and
moneylenders set up their tables in my temple. I have been annoyed on
the stream when acquaintances hawk me to buy bamboo rods or books. The
ultimate was one time when I was on a great big trip to the far north,
going after giant brook trout.

I was swept up in the romantic notion of being miles and miles from any
human settlement, being guided by cree indians, watching the northern
lights, and all that. The trip delivered on all of my expectations,
save one incident. We ran into a bunch of loudmouth Texans.

The group were businessmen celebrating some recent success. One of
their group was an inventor, and they patented whatever product they
were selling. they were, they assured us, on their way to fantastic
wealth. Upon learning that one of the members in my group lived in a
foreign country, they immediately began "networking" him to help get
their business set up abroad. We were implored to join their group for
the rest of our stay. I cringed at the thought of tenting with pushy
guys who would spend all of their time telling us how rich they would
make us if we would do some favors for them. A wilderness trip is
supposed to get you away from all that! It was like telemarketers
showing up at your door - while you were in the middle of having sex.

Anyway, we parted company after an hour or two. We were left in peace
until the indians tried to snooker us out of more money.

I guess as long as there are even a few people around, you will have to
tolerate bull****.

Pete Collin
On behalf of the great majority of Texans who are not *those guys*,
let me assure you that we are not all boors and yahoos. It has been
my experience that *those guys* tend to be immigrants from other
quarters where they could not make a legitimate living. I won't say
where those other precincts are so as not to offend anybody on this
forum, but they are definitely not from here.